Corinth Object: L 2664
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   L 2664
Title:   ROMAN LAMP BRONEER TYPE XXVIII
Category Code:   L
Object Number:   2664
Description:   Lamp with flat base, groove, convex body, pronounced mould joint, sloping shoulder with ridge on lt. side of rim, flat rim, ridge framing shallow concave disk with 2 fill holes on horizontal axis, edge of wick hole, solid lug handle.
Decoration:   Rim: herringbone; disk: unintelligible relief. Handle: 2 grooves on top, 1 on bottom.
Material:   Fine buff clay with rare fine white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between7.5YR 7/6 and 10YR 7/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Four joining frgts., preserving complete profile, bottom, 1/3 body, 3/4 rim and disk, right edge of wick hole, handle. Burning by wick hole.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   H00.038 (max) H00.031 (rim)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.074
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late Roman
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB133 P162
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 1999 039 14
Basket: NB133 P162